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Seattle police arrested a naked man Saturday night after he allegedly broke into a University District apartment building and struggled with officers who responded to confront him.

Seattle police gave this account of the incident in a press statement issued early Sunday:

Officers responded to the apartment building in the 4200 Block of Brooklyn Avenue Northeast shortly after the building’s manager called to complain a supsicious person had eneterd the locked building and made his way into a storage area. The manager told police nobody was allowed into the unit, and that he had the only key.

Officers responded and found the man completely naked inside the small storage unit. After the man recused the officers’ orders to exit, police took him into custody after a brief struggle. The man bit one officer’s gloved thumb, but didn’t break the skin.

The suspect was later booked into the King County Jail for investigation of burglary, assault, drug possession and possession of stolen property. Police said the man had a small amount of methamphetamine. Police didn’t provide an explanation about why the man wasn’t wearing clothes.

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